![]() ![]() In addition to the sites I have mentioned, I would love to highlight the Leap Frog Series! This site reminds me of, also free to classrooms! Just go to this page to register using your school email address. Kinder kids wild with excitement! Here is a sample of his calendar-related music:įor a limited time, school teachers can join for unlimited access to the site. Pete Harry is a K teacher who happens to have a real knack for writing catchy tunes and chant-type songs that make 1 Go-To site is Harry Kindergarten’s Youtube Channel. It is how they are wired at the age of five or six. ![]() This repetition comes into play in kindergarten more than any other grade. However, what they CAN do is sing and chant rhymes and songs that teach the days of the week and the months of the year all year long. Kindergarten students, especially, do not make connections until in the spring. And in time, they will begin to “get it” toward the end of the year. In this post, I want to share with you the things I know to be truly helpful to students in understanding the passing of time as it relates to the calendar. Goodness!!! If I had a nickel for every Tuesday that was shouted out while I stand there pointing to Thursday…calendar comprehension just doesn’t happen overnight. I know that we all have seen that LOOK as our students sit staring back at us when we ask them to tell us what today is, and how it relates to yesterday or tomorrow. All rights reserved.I think teaching calendar concepts like weeks, months, days, and which season coincides with a particular month is one of the most difficult concepts for a young child to grasp. Starfall® and ® are registered trademarks in the U.S., the European Union, and various other countries.Ĭopyright © 2002– 2018 by Starfall Education and its licensors. The Starfall Website is a program service of Starfall Education Foundation, a publicly supported nonprofit organization, 501(c)(3). The teacher-guided and child-directed nature of our curriculum products ensures English language learners and struggling readers learn alongside their peers. Our methodology motivates children in an atmosphere of imagination and play. Our Starfall Kindergarten Math, English Language Arts, and Pre-K curricula are all available for purchase in the Starfall Store ™, and as downloads in our Parent-Teacher Center ™. ![]() Our new Starfall Parent-Teacher Center ™ is available free for everyone and includes supplemental custom worksheets, curriculum downloads, informative guides, all the latest Starfall news and much more for our grownup audience. Your child will have fun learning essential reading and math skills through exploration! Your membership fee ensures that we can continue to provide Classic Starfall free of charge and offer low-cost, high-quality, educational resources to classrooms. Our low-cost membership program expands the free content you already enjoy to include delightfully animated songs, mathematics, and reading activities spanning pre-k to 2nd grade. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children. Our systematic approach, in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall has been teaching children to read with phonics for well over a decade. On July 1, 2015, the Polis-Schutz family donated their full interest in Starfall to the Starfall Education Foundation. The website opened in September of 2002 as a free public service and social enterprise supported by the Polis-Schutz family.
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